Autodesk Product Design Suite 2012

Design & Drafting Tools for Product Development
Autodesk® Product Design Suite Standard 2012 empowers users to innovate and respond to changing business needs more easily. The new product development and design suite helps designers and engineers to work more creatively and communicate ideas effectively.

• Accelerated 2D mechanical design—With comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common design tasks, AutoCAD® Mechanical design software accelerates the mechanical design process.
• Explore design concepts and produce stunning illustrations—Paint and draw in a robust digital sketchbook.
• Manage design data more effectively—Create and manage crucial parts lists and bills of materials (BOMs).
• Autodesk® Inventor® Fusion technology included—Provides intuitive direct manipulation 3D product modelling capabilities; streamlines transfer of data from concept design into detailed design.

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Digital Prototyping & Product Visualisation Tools
Autodesk® Product Design Suite Premium 2012, with Autodesk® Inventor® 3D mechanical design software, provides designers and engineers with a complete set of product design and visualisation tools for Digital Prototyping in a convenient, cost-effective package.

• Autodesk® Inventor® Fusion technology—Provides intuitive direct manipulation capabilities, direct 3D product modelling for rapid design changes, and unites direct and parametric workflows within a single digital model.
• 3D product visualisation and design communication—It's easy to create renderings and animations that convey ideas to managers, explain designs to manufacturers and persuade customers.
• Rules-based design and automation tools—Accelerate the design process and enable engineers to focus on design intent rather than modelling geometry manually. Integrated Inventor iLogic™ technology enables you to capture and embed industrial design engineering knowledge directly into virtual prototypes.
• Accelerated 2D mechanical design—With comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common design tasks, AutoCAD® Mechanical design software accelerates the mechanical design process.
• Manage design data more effectively—Create and manage crucial parts lists and bills of materials (BOMs).
• Explore design concepts and produce stunning illustrations—Paint and draw with a robust digital sketchbook.

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Advanced Surfacing, Simulation Modelling & Tooling
Autodesk® Product Design Suite Ultimate 2012, with Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software, provides designers and engineers with the complete set of product design and visualisation tools offered in the Premium edition, plus the ability to incorporate industrial design aesthetics into digital prototypes, test and validate products before they're built and automate tooling creation.

• Optimise and validate product performance—Tightly integrated motion simulation and stress analysis tools in Autodesk Inventor Professional enable you to perform simulation modelling to predict how your design will work under real-world conditions.
• Accelerate product design and manufacturing—Use Autodesk Inventor Professional for designing routed systems, including complex tube and pipe runs as well as electrical cable and harness design.
• Create and validate complete mould designs quickly—Automate key aspects of the design of injection moulds for plastic parts, helping to reduce errors and improve mould performance.
• Advanced surface creation tools—Autodesk® Alias® Surface software provides a subset of dynamic 3D surface modelling capabilities for virtual modellers.
• 3D product visualisation and design communication—It's easy to create renderings and animations that convey ideas to managers, explain designs to manufacturers and persuade customers.
• Accelerated 2D mechanical design—With comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common design tasks, AutoCAD® Mechanical design software accelerates the mechanical design process.
• Manage design data more effectively—Create and manage crucial parts lists and bills of materials (BOMs).

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